Dell 1850?

[Harper Mann]

If I remember, even though Dell configures a partition, when RH boots, it
still calls disk driud and you can partition again.  I also prefer the
default /boot size and one big /.  It also goes over the packages section so
you should be able to select those as well.  

Does it look like Dell is creating a Kickstart and calling the install?
Dell changes the process a lot.

You may also be able to tell it what you want at the Boot: prompt in the
install.  Perhaps "linux askmethod" and then "cdrom".

Another idea would be to kill the install from Dell after it starts in on
the RHEL stuff.  I think the RAID is configured and will boot up after the
first disk.  You can then start fresh from CDROM with RHEL disks.

Good luck!

- Harper

Harper Mann
Groundwork Open Source Solutions
510-599-2075 (cell)
http://itgroundwork.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shane Presley [mailto:shane.presley at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 3:58 PM
> To: hmann at itgroundwork.com; redhat-install-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Dell 1850?
> 
> On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 15:49:44 -0800, Harper Mann <hmann at itgroundwork.com>
> wrote:
> > It might be best to relax and enjoy the "Dell experience" from the
> "server
> > assistant" CD.
> >
> > It's far easier than figuring out all the driver issues by hand.  I
> wouldn't
> > be surprised if Dell didn't publish it's drivers or published down-rev
> ones
> > which would be bad.
> >
> > On the up side, I've not had problems with RHEL on 1850s after using
> "server
> > assistant".
> 
> Very possible.  But can you explain a little more about what you had
> to do after your Server Assistant install?  For example, I noticed two
> things so far that I don't like
> 
> -It doesn't seem to install GNOME or any graphical interface?
> 
> -Server Assistant wants to setup my partition for my.  When Disk Druid
> did it during the normal RedHat install I could select a 100MB boot, a
> swap, and the rest a big /.  The Dell tool wants to create different
> partitions for /usr, /thome, etc.  I know you could argue the
> advantages of that, but regardless, it doesn't match our current
> practices.  So I would have to re-partition?
> 
> Thanks,
> Shane